MIAMI (AP) — Less than three years after President Joe Biden pardoned a close ally of Nicolás Maduro, the Justice Department is targeting the businessman again, The Associated Press has learned, an investigation that could support the U.S.-based prosecution of the Venezuelan leader. Federal prosecutors have been investigating Alex Saab’s role in an alleged bribery … Read more
GUATIRE, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela on Thursday released a number of jailed high-profile opposition figures, activists and journalists, both citizens and foreigners, in what the government described as a “peace-seeking” gesture less than a week after former President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces on drug-trafficking charges. US President Donald Trump, who has pressured … Read more
The United States hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” early Saturday and said President Nicolás Maduro and his wife had been captured and expelled from the country after months of intense pressure from Washington – an extraordinary overnight operation announced by President Donald Trump on social media hours after the attack. Multiple explosions erupted and … Read more